Using Visual Scene Displays as Communication Support Options for People with Chronic, Severe Aphasia: A Summary of AAC Research and Future Research Directions

Beukelman, David R.; Hux, Karen; Dietz, Aimee; McKelvey, Miechelle; Weissling, Kristy

doi:10.3109/07434618.2015.1052152

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“…The group or individual participant will choose the topics as an adapted learning situation. Communication stimulation will be multimodal: For example, contextrich photos (Beukelman et al, 2015) introduce the topics and pictograms augment communication. Topic-specific questions are both written and audible, which should support the volunteers in their moderation and reduce their preparation time.…”

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Biography work in in long-term residential aged care with tablet support to improve the quality of life and communication – study protocol for app development and evaluation / Biografiearbeit in Senioreneinrichtungen mit Tablet-Unterstützung zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität und Kommunikation (BaSeTaLK) – Studienprotokoll zur App-Entwicklung und Evaluation

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Lauer

2020

International Journal of Health Professions

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AbstractBackgroundOlder adults in care facilities face a high risk of experiencing depression. The impact that early interventions like biographical work have on the quality of life for older adults in such facilities is unknown.AimTo develop and evaluate a tablet-supported intervention for biographical work in long-term residential aged care to increase the quality of life for older adults.DesignThe study will be conducted in a randomized pretest–posttest control group design with follow-up testing in group and single settings. Participants will be randomized to the experimental intervention (tablet-supported biographic work) or the control intervention (planned tablet-supported game playing), each guided by senior volunteers. A total of 80 residents and 16 volunteers will be recruited. The primary outcome for the residents and volunteers will be quality of life as measured with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-for older adults. Secondary measures will be self-esteem and life satisfaction. In addition, we will examine residents’ ability to communicate and their functional independence.MethodThe first stage of the project involves developing an app. The app is developed in a user-centered, agile development process. It will use multimedia to prepare life history topics and links them to key questions. Next, a workshop is developed for the volunteers who accompany the use of the app in the institutions. During the second phase, biographic work stimulated by the app will be conducted in groups or individually with residents.DiscussionThis is the first known program tailored to older adults in care facilities and senior volunteers that aims to prevent depression by providing digitally supported biographic work.

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confidence: 99%

Biography work in in long-term residential aged care with tablet support to improve the quality of life and communication – study protocol for app development and evaluation / Biografiearbeit in Senioreneinrichtungen mit Tablet-Unterstützung zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität und Kommunikation (BaSeTaLK) – Studienprotokoll zur App-Entwicklung und Evaluation

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Lauer

2020

International Journal of Health Professions

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“…When these hotspots are pressed, the pre-stored audio or computer generated speech (using text-to-speech technology) is played. VSDs, in the form of apps on tablet devices, have been successfully applied to people with aphasia (Beukelman et al 2015), children with CCN (Light and Drager 2007) and those with autism spectrum disorders (Chapin et al 2018). Using approaches such as 'Just-in-Time' programming (Holyfield et al 2018), practitioners are able to upload photographs into VSD systems and embed linguistic items under hotspots in real time, allowing communication partners to support interactions.…”

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“…VSDs, in the form of apps on tablet devices, have been successfully applied to people with aphasia (Beukelman et al . ), children with CCN (Light and Drager ) and those with autism spectrum disorders (Chapin et al . ).…”

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Telling tales: unlocking the potential of AAC technologies

Waller

2018

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been transformed by the social media revolution made possible by the emergence of mobile technology. The cumbersome dedicated devices of the 1970s have evolved into a burgeoning AAC app industry. However, the limited use and abandonment of AAC technologies remains high. Unlocking the untapped potential of technology requires a paradigm shift in the design of AAC technologies by building systems that minimize the cognitive load placed on users, adapting to their individual physical and language needs. Telling Tales shares insights and stories of how the combination of user‐centred design, interdisciplinary research and the application of intelligent computing is providing a vision of future generations of AAC technologies.

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“…The normalization of picture-based communication creates new expectations of who might use pictures, as well as how pictures may be interpreted, annotated, and responded to. The potential to easily incorporate personalized photos and videos into a range of AAC platforms has been found to bring particular advantages for adults with aphasia [56], as well as young people with autism spectrum disorder [7]. Finding ways to reduce programming demands so that these materials can be seamlessly integrated into interactions offers a profitable avenue of research [10, 11].…”

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“…Emerging evidence suggests that dynamic visual scene displays programmed with “hotspots” (specific areas of a display/picture programmed with unique messages or features) can be effective in enhancing language, literacy, and interaction skills in children [6-8] and adults [9]. These technologies have enabled new and simpler programming strategies, allowing programming to be responsive to interaction demands, often referred to as “just-in-time” (i.e., programming of vocabulary in the moment of interaction where that vocabulary is needed) [10-12].…”

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Innovations for Supporting Communication: Opportunities and Challenges for People with Complex Communication Needs

Smith¹

2019

Folia Phoniatr Logop

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Individuals with complex communication needs have benefited greatly from technological innovations over the past two decades, as well as from social movements that have shifted focus from disability to functioning and participation in society. Three strands of technological innovation are reviewed in this paper: (1) innovations in the tools that have become available, specifically tablet technologies; (2) innovations in access methods (eye gaze technologies and brain-computer interfaces); and (3) innovations in output, specifically speech technologies. The opportunities these innovations offer are explored, as are some of the challenges that they imply, not only for individuals with complex communication needs, but also for families, professionals, and researchers.

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Using Visual Scene Displays as Communication Support Options for People with Chronic, Severe Aphasia: A Summary of AAC Research and Future Research Directions

Cited by 61 publications

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Telling tales: unlocking the potential of AAC technologies

Innovations for Supporting Communication: Opportunities and Challenges for People with Complex Communication Needs

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